The Ukrainian Week

14 February, 2019	Breaking news	Ukraine deports Russia-aligned priest, strips citizenship, in church rift Ukraine has taken the extraordinary step of deporting a senior cleric of the Moscow-aligned Orthodox Church and stripping him of his citizenship
1 February, 2019	Society	Chain reaction Social and political implications of the emergence of independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church
14 January, 2019	World	Hell hath no fury How Moscow can respond to the provision of the tomos for the Orthodox Church of Ukraine
15 December, 2018	Breaking news	Ukraine Orthodox leaders approve break with Russian church Ukrainian Orthodox leaders on Saturday approved the creation of a unified church independent of the Moscow Patriarchate and elected a leader to head the new church, officials said
14 December, 2018	Politics	An act of spiritual independence On Ukraine’s first steps towards its national Orthodox Church
13 December, 2018	Politics	Holy politics How religious are Ukrainian politicians?
15 November, 2018	Breaking news	Kyiv St. Andrew's Church comes under attempted arson attack The perpetrators assaulted a priest, the report says
26 October, 2018	Politics	After autocephaly What to expect after the Ukrainian Orthodox Church receives autonomy
15 October, 2018	Breaking news	Russian Orthodox Church holds synod in Minsk over Ukraine church issue Leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church were meeting in the Belarusian capital on October 15 amid a dispute over moves toward independence for the Orthodox Church in Ukraine
15 September, 2018	Breaking news	Russia's Church freezes ties with Constantinople over Ukraine Russia’s Orthodox Church said on Friday it would no longer participate in structures chaired by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
23 August, 2018	World	No alternative wanted Anti-cult movements as an instrument in Russia’s hybrid war
17 August, 2018	Society	The irreversible path How close is Ukraine to autocephaly for its Orthodox Church?
26 February, 2018	Society	Priests and politicians Compared to many other countries in Europe, Ukraine’s religious life is very active, although there is no state religion. So how do politics and religion work together here?
26 February, 2018	Society	When church and country clash The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate is expanding its influence and propaganda in Donbas
31 March, 2016		The Pope in Havana: A new walk to Canossa? The pope sacrificed his principles and the trust of a part of his faithful for the sake of a “deal” that looks like nothing more than the division of spheres of influence between competing bureaucrats under cover of “communicating” and “dialog” between two parts of a sundered religious community
23 July, 2015	History	The Many Faces of Tradition How Ukrainians have developed tolerance for other religions
16 July, 2015	Society	Freedom of Belief No More Believers in Eastern Ukraine faced brutal intolerance, repression and murder
3 October, 2013	News	*Paul Goble*: Ukrainian branch of Moscow Patriarchate backs Kyiv’s European course The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate backs Ukraine’s decision to pursue closer ties with the European Union, writes expert for the Window on Eurasia
15 August, 2013		Trolling by the Patriarch While all of Russia is still recovering from the emotional shock over the events surrounding Alexei Navalny, its spiritual leaders are again announcing the end of the world as they speak to their “flock”. This time, the Apocalypse has stealthily snuck up from behind in the form of evil homosexuals who have forced the civilized world to legalize same-sex marriage
7 August, 2013	News	*New Eastern Europe*: Russian Orthodox "Foreign Policy" - best way to strengthen Kremlin's influence “near abroad”
6 August, 2013	Politics	Mission: Impossible The celebration of 1025 years of the christening of Kyiv Rus sums up the failure of Russia’s religious expansion in Ukraine headed by Patriarch Kirill
1 August, 2013	News	Ukrainian-Russian relations: facing Cool Winter Putin’s visit left the impression that Ukrainian-Russian relations will remain stagnant, writes Maksym Bugriy in Eurasia Daily Monitor
31 July, 2013	News	*The Economist*: the 1,025th anniversary of the baptism of Kyivan Rus demonstrated Putin’s and Patriarch’s Kirill I nostalgia for common space of Russian-Orthodox civilisation Celebrating of the 1,025th anniversary of the baptism of Kyivan Rus, a medieval federation of eastern Slavic princedoms, in Kyiv amid rising concerns in Russia over Ukraine’s future the Economist reports.
28 June, 2013	News	Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra to be privatized Kyiv City State Administration supports draft amendments to the law regulating the return of places of worship to religious communities describing them as “timely and important”. The draft amendments entail privatization of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, reports Batkivshchyna’s MP Oleksandr Bryhynets as his press service reports
8 November, 2012	History	Freeing Ukraine from Spiritual Dependence The creation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kyiv Patriarchate) 20 years ago was as resolute a step as proclaiming the independence of the Ukrainian state
8 September, 2011	World	Oleg Kalugin: “Putin Is a Temporary Twist In History” Kalugin, currently a professor at the Center for Counterintelligence and Security Studies, speaks about Vladimir Putin’s use of Stalinist methods and the Russian Orthodox Church as a servant of the FSB
23 August, 2011	Politics	The Illusion of the Third Rome Cyril’s imperial policy is leading the Russian Orthodox Church to isolation
14 June, 2011	Investigation	Priests in Pursuit Is the Moscow Patriarchate laying its hands on a historical monument?
14 March, 2011	Society	When Evil Turns To Dood Filaret, Patriarch of Kyiv and All Rus-Ukraine, talks about raider attacks on churches belonging to the Kyiv Patriarchate and the delusion of a “Russian world”
11 March, 2011	Society	Après Husar, la deluge? The new head of Ukraine’s Greek Catholic Church will have to be a team player
14 January, 2011	Politics	When State And Church Unite By openly preferring the Russian Orthodox Church, the Administration is violating the balance among confessions in Ukraine and fostering a state religion
13 January, 2011	Politics	The Desiatynna Snatch Who exactly made the decision to spoil this unique historic site, where once stood the first Christian stone church in Ukraine?